Blood From a Stone (159 page)

A
s
f
or
he
and
h
i
s
s
i
b
li
ngs,
as
i
de
f
rom
t
he
i
r
personal needs,
she
had
t
aught
t
hem
t
o read and
w
r
it
e
i
n bo
t
h
E
ng
li
sh and
La
ti
n, and
m
a
t
he
m
a
ti
cs
w
or
t
hy of
any go
tt
en
i
n
t
he
fi
nest
It
a
li
an
abacus
schoo
l
s.
She
w
an
t
ed
t
hem
t
o
be
ab
l
e
t
o
do
t
rade,
co
mm
erce
and unders
t
and
t
he
fi
nances
of
runn
i
ng a househo
l
d…and  
i
n   o
w
n
i
ng 
l
and,   proper
ti
es 
as 
w
e
l
l
as
m
one
t
ary
w
ea
lt
h.
She
had
i
nves
t
ed her
ti
m
e
w
e
ll
,
s
e
e
i
ng
t
o
t
he
i
r
l
earn
i
ng,
as
a
l
l
of
t
hem
had
gro
w
n
up
qu
it
e
w
e
l
l
read and
i
n
t
e
lli
gen
t
.

A
nd
of
course,
she
had
t
r
i
ed
t
o
t
each
h
i
m
as
w
e
l
l
as
t
he
o
t
hers
r
i
ght
f
rom
w
rong.
H
i
s
bro
t
her
and
s
i
s
t
er
had see
m
i
ng
l
y
t
aken
qu
it
e
w
e
l
l
t
o
t
he
i
dea.
T
hey
had o
b
ed
i
en
tl
y done
as
t
hey
w
ere
asked
i
n
a
l
l
t
h
i
ngs,
i
nc
l
ud
i
ng
w
h
en
i
t
w
as
ti
m
e
t
o
m
arry.

A
nd
t
hen
t
here
w
as
he…
t
he
w
ay
w
ard
son,
da
ll
y
i
ng
w
it
h
house
m
a
i
ds,
squander
i
ng 
m
oney…drunken
l
y
c
a
vor
ti
ng
i
n
t
he
l
ocal
a
l
ehouses
n
i
ght
a
ft
er
n
i
gh
t
, s
l
eep
i
ng
w
it
h
w
hoever ca
m
e a
l
ong, and poss
i
b
l
y
l
eav
i
ng beh
i
nd a
t
ra
i
l
of
bas
t
ards
i
n h
i
s
w
ake.
C
are
l
ess
l
y
t
ak
i
ng
f
or
gran
t
ed
a
l
l
t
hat
w
as
h
i
s,
and
t
he
f
ee
li
ngs
of
t
hose he
’
d
l
e
f
t
broken hear
t
ed.

A
nd
ye
t
,
h
i
s
m
o
t
her
had
s
t
ood
by
h
i
s
s
i
de
dur
i
ng
a
l
l of h
i
s
j
ourney
f
rom
t
he
b
li
ss
f
u
l
,
care
f
ree
days
of
be
i
ng
a
boy
i
n
t
o
t
he 
rebe
lli
ous 
t
eenage 
years 
and 
r
i
ght 
on  
t
hrough  
t
o
m
anhood.

H
er
l
ove
w
as
i
ndeed
uncond
iti
ona
l
,
and
desp
it
e h
i
s debauchery,
and
h
i
s
care
l
ess
w
ays,
she
’
d
never abandoned h
i
m
.
O
n
l
y
encouraged
h
i
m
t
o
do
t
he
r
i
ght
t
h
i
ngs
and
be
a be
tt
er
m
an.
H
ow
m
any
ti
m
es
he
w
i
shed he
’
d
li
s
t
ened
t
o her
t
hroughout
t
he pass
i
ng cen
t
ur
i
es.

A
nd
t
hen
t
here
w
as
h
i
s
f
a
t
her.
T
he
t
o
u
gh,
bus
i
ness-
li
ke
l
ord of
h
i
s
l
ands and h
i
s househo
l
d.
H
e
’
d ra
is
ed h
i
s ch
i
l
dren
w
it
h
t
he
sa
m
e
con
fi
dent
but
car
i
ng
hand
t
hat he app
li
ed
t
o
a
l
l
t
h
i
ngs
i
n
h
i
s
lif
e.
A
nd
he
’
d
done
h
i
s
best
t
o adv
i
se
h
i
s
son
i
n
a
l
l
t
h
i
ngs
as
w
e
ll
.
I
f
on
l
y
he
’
d
li
s
t
ened.
A
nd
w
hat
he
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
g
i
ve
r
i
ght
now
t
o
ho
l
d
h
i
s
f
a
t
her
t
o
h
i
m and
t
e
l
l
h
i
m
he
w
as
r
i
ght
about
every
t
h
i
ng.